More transparency will improve the UCU’s democratic processes
Vicky Blake outlines recommendations from the University and College Union’s democracy commission, established after intense infighting at the union’s 2018 congress
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Books interview: Michael Farthing
The former Sussex vice-chancellor on coming late to reading, his long fascination with India and different interpretations of the colonial eraÂ
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Deborah Terry named University of Queensland vice-chancellor
Old and new home trade compliments, as former deputy calls time on six-year sojourn out west
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The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause, by Susan P. Mattern
Book of the week: Emma Rees praises a brilliantly wide-ranging study of the menopause across the centuries
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Australian departmental reshuffle ‘to energise tertiary reforms’
Australian representative bodies back consolidation of education and training portfolios, as tide comes back in again
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Interview with Sonita Alleyne
The first black leader of an Oxbridge college on the need for careers-based initiatives for students, the joys of parenthood and seeking out moments of calm
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Walter Vincenti, 1917-2019
Tributes paid to ‘superb scholar’ whose achievements as a historian of science matched his prowess as an engineer
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Less than half of students trust universities to keep data safe
UK students are concerned about rumours of universities facing data security issues, says survey
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‘Mismatch’ between grades and course ‘bigger for poor students’
Female students are also more likely than men to be ‘undermatched’ to courses with lower graduate earnings
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UUK kept critical report on English regulator under wraps
Paper warns that Office for Students must work to build ‘constructive dialogue’ and ‘assure itself’ that it meets legal requirements
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The week in higher education – 5 December 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Robot era nears as machine conducts 100,000 experiments a year
The dream of robot researchers is edging closer with automated laboratory producing five years of experiments in just two weeks, experts claim
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Most UK students ‘don’t think free speech under threat’ on campus
King’s College London survey finds ‘significant agreement’ between students and the public ‘on the value of freedom of expression’
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Is cooperation the antidote to higher education’s competitive anxiety?
As concerns rise about mainstream universities’ affordability, social impact and working cultures, the UK’s Labour Party is mulling the idea of fostering cooperative, comprehensive universities. John...
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The BAME attainment gap is not the fault of BAME students
Asking BAME students to spend significant amounts of time helping universities decolonise the curriculum is far from the ideal solution, says Daniel Akinbosede